Slide Scanner Guide

Where do you go to shop for all of your photography needs? When you go out to do your shopping do you ever run into a distinct lack of a good 35mm slide scanner? If you do, you’re not alone. Slide scanners are very popular with the crowd of people who really enjoy getting back to basics: That is, using film and natural lighting to really create a picture that really shines. Most people nowadays are into the digital cameras and what have you, so there’s very little interest at most photography stores to actually stock slide scanners. Most of the time you either have to order them through the store, or go buy one online. We prefer to buy them online, but that’s for you to decide. But of course, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you a couple of the best places we’ve found on the web to buy them:

First of all, Amazon. Yes, Amazon isn’t all books and music anymore. They’ve really become the jack-of-all trades of online selling, selling just about anything from books to zebra food (well, maybe not that). If you can’t find it on Amazon there’s a good chance what you’re looking for doesn’t exist. A quick look through Amazon will yield a wide variety of 35mm slide scanners to choose from. These include the oft-heralded Nikon CoolScan line, as well as many others that will suit your needs just fine. The nice thing about this site is that they tend to offer prices that are just a bit lower than the competition. They do this by way of “economy of scale.” Since they have such a huge inventory and have no need to ship it and staff thousands of individual stores worldwide, they can really offer you just above cost. All they have to do is store it in a couple warehouses and call it good. They also are able to work through other distributors to get you pre-owned versions, so that’s good as well. With these slide scanners being so expensive, that’s a definite plus.

Another good place to look is Tiger Direct. Tiger is a great source for just about anything related to computers, 35mm slide scanners included. They also do offer some great deals on just about any of their inventory for the same reason as Amazon: They only have to pay rent on one warehouse, not tons of stores! Check them out for some great deals.

I think if you go to either of these sites for your 35mm slide scanner, you won’t go wrong.

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